Latin Alphabet
Basic Latin letters
The core 26 uppercase letters used by English and many Latin-script alphabets.
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
Key facts
- Script family
- Latin script
- Writing direction
- Left to right
- Base letter count
- 26 letters
- Case forms
- Uppercase and lowercase
- Extensions
- Accented letters, digraphs, and language-specific signs
- Cursive
- Distinct joined handwriting forms
- Common use
- English, German, Polish, French, Spanish, and many more languages